Corinne McCraney, bottom, and her children Bobby White, 8, and Analiese White, 11, hand upside down on the Stinger ride at the Pensacola Interstate Fair on Thursday, October 20, 2016.
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"We've gotten phone calls and we've seen things on Facebook, so we just want to let everyone know there will be state law enforcement there that have full arrest authority," he said. "We have no question people will be perfectly safe at the fair."

Security will work the entire 11-day event, which runs Oct. 19-29. Frenkel said roughly $140,000 of the fair's $2.5 million budget will be used to fund the state law enforcement officers securing the event.

According to the fair's website, there are no new age requirements "of any kind in place for the 2017 fair for those 18 years old and younger."